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The Importance of TMV Valves for Hairdressing Salons

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Pegler TMVHairdressing in the UK is currently an unregulated profession, with hairdressers able to work without training or qualifications. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers found in 2009 that the majority of hair salons were failing their duty of care to many customers. Hairdressers have a legal duty to take care of their clients’ safety and negligence can result in injury and subsequent legal action.

Scalding can be a common problem in hairdresser salons, resulting in client injury. Scalds can occur due to various factors, from faulty water heater thermostats to faulty or missing temperature regulating valves at the hot water source.

Water heaters are usually set to temperatures above 55°C to prevent development of bacteria in the water supply, such as Legionella. However, any water above 43°C can be exceptionally painful and above 55°C can cause severe scalding. A thermostatic mixing valve mixes hot water with cold water at the point of discharge, producing a water flow at a safe temperature of 41°C. They are designed to maintain the desired water temperature, even when the water pressure or flow rate changes.

TMV valves are essential for hairdressing sinks to ensure the safety of customers, preventing scalding accidents in the workplace. In addition to specialist salon taps for the hairdressing industry, Notjusttaps provides the Thermostatic Mixing Valve (TMV) which can easily be fitted to ensure that water remains at a safe temperature.

Particulary suitable is the Pegler TMV valve which is both TMV2 and TMV3 Scheme approved. Additionally, the valve is WRAS and Buildcert approved, as well as being compliant with BS7942, BS EN1111 and BS EN1287. Available on the Not Just Taps website, it includes a 2-year warranty and is priced from £49.90, providing great value for money.

If you own or manage a hairdressing salon, then the TMV valve is essential for ensuring the safety of your clients and reputability of your establishment.

The complete collection of TMV valves can be seen here: Notjusttaps TMV Safety Valves. For more information, please get in touch with our sales team by email on salesinfo@notjusttaps.co.uk or by telephone on 01923 268843.

Sources:
Abacus-law.co.uk
Beama.org.uk

Hairdresser Taps & Showers

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rem-k66cog-pDo you ever think about the taps and showers in a hairdressing salon?
No, nor did we…..but it’s a surprisingly hardworking area – constantly in use, used and abused by every junior in the salon which is why reliability and quality are so important.
At Notjusttaps, we have an extensive understanding of sanitary fittings and their components.
Using this knowledge we have put together a concise range of heavy duty, reliable and stylish taps, showers and spares for hairdressing salons.
It’s good to know that in the unlikely event of a product failure, we’ll get a new cartridge to you in 24 hours from the extensive stocks held in our spares department thus ensuring minimum disruption to you and your clients.
You can see these products here: Hairdresser Tap & Showers

Hairdresser Supplies

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shower-handset-hairdresserYou probably don’t think about it but the showers used by hairdressers are constantly in use taking an awful lot of handling every day
No one thinks about them until they break and then they just need to replace them quickly – that’s where we can help!
We keep in stock a professional hairdresser shower handset made from solid brass that is specifically designed to cope with continuous heavy use and as a specialist plumbing supplier we carry in stock a large range of shower hoses to suit these salon handsets.

Hygiene In Beauty Therapy

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The beauty therapy industry which covers sectors ranging from large spas through to specialist skin care clinics and smaller high street beauty therapy salons is required to apply high standards of hygiene both in terms of staff training and in the equipment used.

One of the most important elements for implementing high hygiene standards is to install appropriate washing facilities in close proximity to where the therapist will be working.
It is not just practical, it instils a sense of trust and confidence in your clients.

This is an area where Notjusttaps has supplied salons with sinks and taps both with extended levers that allow elbow operation and also infra red ‘non touch’ taps.

Our expertise allows us to advise on and recommend products that meet required hygiene standards whilst looking stylish, ‘spa-like’ and fit for purpose.

We know that in this industry appearance is important –  If you are planning to open, build or refurbish a beauty therapy salon, speak to us at Notjusttaps and we will be happy to offer guidance and advice on suitable taps, sinks and related handwashing products.
Products that can be seen in the our Hygiene & Healthcare Products

Useful Reference  Resources
Habia  An expert resource for information regarding hygiene in the beauty therapy industry
The Royal Society Of Public Health  An independent organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of  human health and wellbeing. They offer beauty therapy staff training and qualifications